Blog Archives

photo credit: Plate Joy. Hurray! It’s the start of this week’s Healthified Holiday Recipes Extravaganza! Over the next few days, I’ll be sharing a series of great gluten-free, vegan, sugar-free recipes to makeover your holiday baking plans. Everything is super…

Tis the season for small bites and making meals out of hors d’oeuvres! If you’re looking for a simple side dish or potluck take-along for your December festivitating, look no further than these wildy simple Twice Baked Potato Bites with…

So it’s official! We’re Californians! (WHAT?!?! FINALLY.) :) There are so many things I love about this state (food is grown really close by! wine is produced really close by! toxic chemicals are carefully regulated! the pacific ocean! everybody is unbelievably…

I know what you’re thinking. Pie? Savory pie?! What kind of a health and nutrition blog is this?! And I am here to tell you, sweet whole-food connoisseur/connoisseuse, that in fact, this pie is good for you. And it’s delicious. And…

If eating rice ever makes you feel kind of blergh, but you still totally love the experience of eating it, cauliflower rice might be your new best friend. I discovered this crazy trick several years ago when I cut most…

Recently, I reworked the Almond Butter Muffin recipe from the Eat Deliciously, Live Vibrantly eCookbook. In preparation for a week of meal deliveries and the Beauty Food Brunch at the Brooklyn Wellness Sanctuary with wellness maven Maria Marlowe, I decided…

One of my favorite ways to use zucchini is in place of pasta. I find that grain-based pastas (even gluten-free ones) aren’t always the best option for me… it’s worth exploring for yourself, too, if you happen to notice that…

I was out for dinner with a friend last week at Gobo, one of my favorite vegan places in NYC. Their menu is a beautifully eclectic selection of Asian-inspired vegan dishes, which changes subtly with the seasons. It’s also a…

Spaghetti nights were a hit in my house growing up (although, in my personal opinion, rotini was always the superior noodle). Not only was it a quick meal for my busy mama to make, but it was filling and fun…

Who would have thought you could make crackers at home? I started making my own a couple of years ago when I dabbled in a long-term flirtation with raw foods and found myself dehydrating everything. I loved that it was…

Finding great breakfast options can be tricky, hey? Here’s a few reasons I hear all the time (and believe me, I’m with you!) 1. I have no time in the morning.2. I’m not sure what we’re hungry for first thing,…

I will admit: back in the day, I was a huge fan of pizza. (In fact, Michael and I had a discussion about preference of crust this evening. I was definitely a fluffy-crust kind of gal through my teens, and at…